St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-15
SATISFIED MUGwUMPs.

The sphinx has spoken. GEORGE WILL
lam CURTIS, the original Mug wump, has
declared the purposes of the Mugwumps,
with regard to the next presidential cleo
ton. He says that when the Mugwumps
left the Republican party in 1884, they left
to stay. They have no intention of return
ing to the Republican fold. nor has he
any idea that the Republicans are going to
offer them any inducements to return. He
has made a horoscope of the political
situation, with a view to determ-
lining the contest in 1883, and he
says CLEVELAND and BLAINE pit
ted against each other once more with the
MugwUmps in New York holding the bal
ance OF power. Mr.. CURTIS reasons in
this way: BLAINE's magnetic qualities
will win him the nomination in spite of the
combinations that are being formed against
him.. His friends will 60 into the conven-
ton with the argument that if his party
fails to renomilate him it will be a confess
sion that the charges brought against him
In the last campaign were true. BLAINE
will ask vndicaton at the hands of his
party and his friends will whoop I'D a SYM
palhS loi tiieii HILL. DLA1NE'S following
will be large and reckless and will resort to
every possible device to nominate him.
They will give it out dead cold that thew
will defeat any other man who NAV he
nominated and thus force the Republicans
to renomiilate BLAINE. SHERMAN will be
BIAINE's principal contestant for the NOM
ination. While MI. CURTIS regards SHEER
IA S,c
political speech made in many years. still he
thinks that SHERMAN does not understand
the reflective vote of the North and its par
amount Importance to the election. He
says that the Mugwumps will not
be attracted to SHERMAN because
a Mugwnmp cannot warm up to a
pile of ice. EDMUNDs, according to
Mr.. CURTIS opinion, has injured him.
self by facetiously opposing the presi-
dents nomination. In attempting to COM
| mend himself to the leaders of the Repub-
ican party, EDMUNDs has lost the respect
of the Independents. EvAKTs and FRYE
and the rest Of the presidential poss Utilities
on the Republican side are dismissed with
waive Of the hand as being too insignifi-
| cant to talk about. When asked if Presi-
dent CLEVELAND met the expectations of
the Mugwumps, Mr.. CURTIS replied:
Largely so. The truth is Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND would make even better president
than he is if it were not for his party. He
is man of courage and assertion, but the
party leaders are not with him. Here in
the state of New York / know they are
against him." When asked regarding the
probability of CLEvELAND's denomination
| the great Mugwump mogul said: Il do not
see how the Democratic party can afford to
ignore him. Obviously, If he is not renon,-
mated it will be confession on the part of
the Democracy that its first national sue
cess in twenty-five years had been fail
| ure." He then expressed fears that CIEvE-
LANDS election might be imperiled by the
forces in his own party which now antago-
nize- him, but that tie Mugwumps would
stand by him. In his opinion. CLEvE-
LANDS election has done away with the
argument that the Democrats were not fit
to govern. Nobody is keeping awake at
night now for fear of Democratic admin
| stration. People who voted for BLAINE
before because they feared change are
now convinced that Democrat can be
| trusted.